Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 12950: Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between Metro North Commuter Railroad and Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

President: Bill Clinton

Created a three-member Railway Labor Act board to investigate Metro-North bargaining disputes and imposed a temporary status quo.

Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 12950 still in effect? No. Executive Order 12950 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 12950 do?

EO 12950 established Presidential Emergency Board 226 after Metro-North requested the statutory commuter-rail process. The three-member board was to investigate disputes involving the listed unions and report within 30 days; conditions could not change without agreement for 120 days after creation. EO 12952 added one union to the list. The board held hearings and submitted its report on April 21, 1995, which terminated it under the order.

Administration position: The board recommended a settlement and temporarily preserved conditions. It did not impose a permanent collective-bargaining agreement.
SignedFebruary 22, 1995
BoardPEB 226
MembersThree

Before and after

Before the order

Mediation and offered arbitration had failed, opening the Railway Labor Act status-quo process.

After the order

The board investigated more than 50 issues and recommended terms while self-help remained temporarily restricted.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Emergency boardInvestigate and report to the PresidentBy April 21, 1995
Carrier and unionsMaintain disputed conditions except by agreementFor the statutory period
National Mediation BoardMaintain board records after terminationAfter report

What happened next

EO 12950 created PEB 226.

EO 12952 added another union.

PEB 226 submitted its report and closed.